narcoticize

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UK/nɑːˈkɒtɪsʌɪz/

verb

To drug, narcotize; to render drugged or as drugged.

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Meanings

verbnarcoticize (third-person singular simple present narcoticizes, present participle narcoticizing, simple past and past participle narcoticized)

present singular third person narcoticizes · participle present narcoticizing · participle past narcoticized · past narcoticized

  1. rareTo drug, narcotize; to render drugged or as drugged.

    He really wished to get up to avoid the annoyance of being forced up, but the wish, of course, narcoticised the effort.

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 8

Origin

From narcotic + -ize.

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Chicago

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